Evaluating and Selecting Counterarguments: Studies of Children's Rhetorical Awareness

Written Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-306

  Leitão, Selma ^a  

^a Departamento de Zoologia   (United States)

Author keywords

argumentation; argumentative writing; children's writing; counterargumentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444462257     PISSN: 07410883     EISSN: 15528472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741088303257507     Document Type: Article

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